I suppose I should apologize again.......it has been over a month since last update. I guess my excuse could be that spring is upon us and we've been busy.
We do have our greenhouse planted. Plus we did some remodeling on it. We added an inner layer of plastic. This layer is just 3 to 4 inches from the outside layer. We did it to insulate the greenhouse. And we have found that we can get it to cool off faster in there when it gets so hot. Our fear is that maybe we have the wrong kind of plastic on the inside and the UV rays of the sun won't get to the plants like it should......but so far so good. The beans are up and looking good....carrots...beets and onions. We sure hope it works!!!!
Our strawberry plants are also looking good...(no they aren't in the greenhouse). We should get a good crop this year. Sure hope we are home for the harvest!!! Else I guess someone will be glad we took off and they get to enjoy them.
Gary has been kind of short on projects but manages to stay out of trouble -- except when he comes in the house :) :) Right now he has Jon Logterman's truck here to wire up. Jon will be graduating from Veterinarian School in a couple of weeks and this will be his work truck --- it's been quite interesting so far.
I think Don and Jeannie are going to be putting a new deck on the south side of their home and Gary will be in on that........ So he doesn't have cabin fever too often.
We would sure like to go camping ---- thought about leaving tomorrow .......however, it has been raining ---- thus -- we have MUD. We just hate pulling the camper out in that....so we will wait. It's early yet --- but the fish are biting!!!!! Gotta get out there!!!!
As soon as the rain is over we will have to mow the lawn........
Tonight we had JDC....... our neighbor Laura did the lesson. I will try to get you an idea of how it went. Where's heaven? Up there (one of the boys pointed) Oh! So if it's up there can you get there in a plane? (And meanwhile she is making a paper airplane) "No" (they all say) (Laura continues to make her paper airplane).... so how about a rocket ship --- they go higher? They all say no --- but one boy quietly says "It just doesn't work that way" Laura has asked a few more questions and continues talking about how ??can we get to heaven. Then she starts to rip part of the paper away and says something like so if we can't get to heaven on an airplane or a rocket ship --- then let me show you something.... And she pushes up on her rocket ship (from the back side) and up pops a cross. The faces that lit up were so precious ----- Bright eyes -- smiles--- laughter----Oh!!!.... Then we searched through the Bible and discussed lots of verses. Then we sang. Most of these boys are new ---- a few have been there a couple of weeks. But we hadn't see them do any singing yet. Tonight was so different. Everyone sang!!! It was five boys all singing and a good lesson..... it was great. Makes it all worth it. It was a good night.
We can tell that one of the young men knows quite a bit about Jesus.... Last week we sang "Broken Pieces" --- there is a line in the song that says....."He made a body out of clay".... So I asked ?? when did He make a body out of clay? Holden quietly said "on the sixth day". Again ---- makes it all worth our time!!!
Update on Release Time....... We had to take 3 kids back to school a couple of weeks ago.....just wasn't going to put up with their messing around and goofing off anymore. You could tell that the two boys were upset about it all.... but the girl......not at all. They would not be able to come the following week. So last week all three were back -- things went good. The three didn't sit together (like they usually do) and they were very respectful. The girl it seems would have liked to get to us.....but it went good anyway.
We thought that the 5th graders had heard the Easter Story often enough so we decided to just ask questions...... But finally I could see that it just wasn't going like I thought it should.. So I asked if they wanted to do the review type questions - or - hear the story? "Hear the story"!! Wow that was neat.....to know that they enjoy hearing the stories!! Gary enjoys telling them too......
So there you are. We are doing well. Spring is a grand time of year.... The birds sing so loud sometimes it's almost noisy. The baby calves are ----so many --- and so cute romping out in the fields. Branding is starting......Crops are getting planted...... It's a busy time of the year.
We thank you all for your prayers and your encouraging words......And we thank God for continuing to allow us to serve Him out here on the beautiful prairies.
Gary and Barb
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